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IMPRESSSIONS OF FOGG

IMPRESSSIONS OF FOGG A Log Book 26th July -5 August 2013 I cast my eyes up from the jetty and can just make out the…

neilcoppenOctober 3, 2013

musings Short stories

FINN

When my grandmother was dying I used to hold up her body to the window so she could peer into garden outside. It was here…

neilcoppenJune 28, 2013

Short stories

26Â° 12′ 15.6″ S 28Â° 3′ 43.7″ E

Below is a short story I wrote for Vaughn Sadies StreetLights exhibition which took place at GoetheonMain (25 May to 2 June 2012). The project…

neilcoppenJune 12, 2012

Childrens story Short stories

Letter to Aurora

Dear Aurora There is one of your play block's sitting on my writing desk.I found it under the couch in the T.V room the day…

neilcoppenSeptember 7, 2010

poetry Short stories

A body undone

On a hospital slab. Insides out, body parts in plastic bags, cotton wool taped over eyes. The anaesthetist reaches over and touches a braid of…

neilcoppenAugust 19, 2009

Short stories

The Misbegots

A story inspired by Richard Hart's paintings and first published in his catalogue for the exhibition 'Kind Pockets' at the whatiftheworld gallery in Cape Town…

neilcoppenApril 25, 2009

commentry Short stories

A post apocalyptic love story for these dark ages

With the power and water stations long collapsed and no diesel left to fuel their stagnant SUV's (let alone the standby generators) life had become…

neilcoppenApril 23, 2008

Short stories South American travel

Christmas Crackers (Harauz Peru)

Christmas Eve is spent on a roof top. This time the Northern Peruvian City of Harauz. These roof tops are pretty much, much of a…

neilcoppenJanuary 1, 2008

Short stories South American travel

Las Chicas del Helado Canela

Maria grew up on the shores of Lake Titicaca in the town of Copacabana.Of course Maria would have far preferred to be in school, but…

neilcoppenDecember 25, 2007

Short stories South American travel

The Luckiest Man Alive

He did not flinch in bidding Paris his hometown adieu: far too petite, too pretentious to contain his irrepressibly itchy feet. At twenty ”“two he…

neilcoppenDecember 9, 2007

IMPRESSSIONS OF FOGG

FINN

26Â° 12′ 15.6″ S 28Â° 3′ 43.7″ E

Letter to Aurora

A body undone

The Misbegots

A post apocalyptic love story for these dark ages

Christmas Crackers (Harauz Peru)

Las Chicas del Helado Canela

The Luckiest Man Alive

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